My Cervelo S5 custom build

screebs
screebs Posts: 178
edited March 2014 in Your road bikes
http://imgur.com/ZPd6CwG
Me struggling up Mont Ventoux for the first time! Done it 3 times since (each way up) without stopping. This seems like a lifetime ago! http://img208.imageshack.us/i/snapshot2 ... 45552.tif/

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  • Iamnot Wiggins
    Iamnot Wiggins Posts: 685
    Great post, would read again.

    Oh, wait...
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Hmmm... good effort!
  • Crankbrother
    Crankbrother Posts: 1,695
    Helmet vs Bike/Kit fail ...
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Nice bike though. Looks fast
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Linked your image up for you...

    ZPd6CwG.jpg
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    I was playng with one of these last week as i was keen on this as my next bike. Until i saw it. The head tube is so long? How anyone can get the bars low enough on these is beyond me. On my addict i run the stem as low as it will go on quite a short head tube. This bike is so long in the head tube in real life i dont know how anyone gets it to fit? Lovely looking thing but the dimensions seem so off (for me anyway)

    Cracking bike hope you enjoy it.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,202
    mfin wrote:
    Linked your image up for you...

    ZPd6CwG.jpg

    Are you a Michael jackson fan?
  • FATBELLYME
    FATBELLYME Posts: 258
    overall a nice looker however the forks seem slightly narrow for that frame but hell what do I know....enjoy
  • maxlite
    maxlite Posts: 293
    FATBELLYME wrote:
    overall a nice looker however the forks seem slightly narrow for that frame but hell what do I know....enjoy

    I've often thought the same about the S5, the fork shape does not reflect the overall look/shape of the frame

    Great looking bike though and nice to see somebody has the conviction to show the rider...enjoy your bike :D
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  • Slo Mo Jones
    Slo Mo Jones Posts: 272
    Sorry but it's clearly a hideous bike.
  • Colinthecop
    Colinthecop Posts: 996
    I think there's way too much criticism.

    I'm so impressed, I've used this photo as my screensaver on my laptop.

    And I've not even cropped it. :shock:
  • mallorcajeff
    mallorcajeff Posts: 1,489
    Good effort but it looks awkward. Like a cervelo croix de fer tourer.
  • Slo Mo Jones
    Slo Mo Jones Posts: 272
    My eyes! My eyes!!!

    It's terrible.
  • glasgowbhoy
    glasgowbhoy Posts: 1,341
    mfin wrote:
    Linked your image up for you...

    ZPd6CwG.jpg

    Netherlee.
    I grew up there!
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    What size frame?
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • oldmuthariley
    oldmuthariley Posts: 108
    are those 650c wheels?
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I think it looks a little strange because of where the fork crown sits. However. These go like s@£t off a shovel and that is the most important thing surely?
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    From an aesthetic point of view I think they do need deep section wheels though:
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    Although it adds to what is already a bloody dear bit of kit for most people.
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  • cswitch
    cswitch Posts: 261
    All aero frames look much better with aero wheels but the S5 is screaming out for them. Get some 80mm's on it!

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